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Petroleum Minister Arjuna Ranatunga said today his office was trying to make every possible effort to sort out the issue with SriLankan rather than stopping the supply of aviation fuel on credit.
The minister said this to the media after attending an event at the Dadagamuwa Rajamaha Vihare in Veyangoda.
He said SriLankan airlines owed a huge amount of money to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC).
"At the discussions, we held with SriLankan it agreed to pay the outstanding bills. But, failed to do so. If the discussions with the ministries and the secretaries also fail, I, as a subject minister, will have to discuss this matter with the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation. If that too fails, we will have to refer the matter to the Cabinet and take a decision. We have to save SriLanka airline because it is a government institution. On previous occasions that have been court cases between State institutions. The President and the Prime Minister have instructed us to solve these matters through discussions. If we stop issuing fuel to SriLankan, it will be a big problem,” the minister said.
Unchikun Monday, 02 July 2018 11:41 PM
This is funny statement. Both the CPC and Sri Lankan are run at a loss. In other words, tax payers money. How is the minister going to solve this issue. The only option is to privatize the CPC and close Sri Lankan down.
AJ Tuesday, 03 July 2018 09:31 AM
No need to close down.Privatize both institution and efficiency will overnight appear.
Sam Tuesday, 03 July 2018 02:26 AM
As mentioned above privatisation is the answer or rather would be if it were possible to find someone to take over these two institutes. I fear that would not be possible to do, rather than sell them to an investor the government would need to pay someone to take them over and they don't have the funds.
BuffaloaCitizen Tuesday, 03 July 2018 08:56 AM
Sri Lankan tho a government institution it is more a welfare institution for Parliamentarians, therefore you fellows will always want it going by hook or by crook.
Haramanis Tuesday, 03 July 2018 10:00 AM
Here we see one of the most corrupt ministers trying to resolve matters with SL airlines - only money will talk with this guy!!
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